Climate averages 1991–2020
Metairie weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Metairie: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Orleans (8 km away). In December its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Metairie, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Metairie ranks joint 98th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 370th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Metairie is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Metairie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 119 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 112 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 115 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 100 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 93 | 9.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 124 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 136 | 18.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 148 | 17.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 118 | 12.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 89 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 87 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 17.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 98 | 9.6 | 10.310 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- New Orleans in DecemberUnited States · 8 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Gulfport in DecemberUnited States · 110 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in DecemberUnited States · 112 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in DecemberUnited States · 182 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Mobile in DecemberUnited States · 217 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Jackson in DecemberUnited States · 257 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Lake Charles in DecemberUnited States · 295 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Beaumont in DecemberUnited States · 380 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 119 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Metairie) is explained once on the Metairie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.